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Cnemaspis jacobsoni

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Cnemaspis jacobsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. jacobsoni
Binomial name
Cnemaspis jacobsoni
Das, 2005

Cnemaspis jacobsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Indonesia.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name, jacobsoni, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).[3]

Geographic range

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C. jacobsoni is endemic to the island of Simeulue, Indonesia.[1][2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of C. jacobsoni is forest.[1]

Description

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Small for its genus, C. jacobsoni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3 cm (1.2 in).[2] Males have neither femoral pores nor preanal pores.[2]

Reproduction

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C. jacobsoni is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Iskandar, D.; Kamsi, M.; Amarasinghe, A.; Richman, N.; Böhm, M. (2021). "Cnemaspis jacobsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178530A123636329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178530A123636329.en. Accessed on 02 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Cnemaspis jacobsoni ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis jacobsoni, p. 132).

Further reading

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  • Das I (2005). "Revision of the Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and Adjacent Archipelagos off Western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the Description of Four New Species". Journal of Herpetology 39 (2): 233–247. (Cnemaspis jacobsoni, new species).